Chapter 2: Hayley
I made a really stupid bet with a friend a few months ago. I quickly came to regret it, but at the time I had no idea what far reaching consequences it would have for me, and for my mother.
My name's Hayley, I'm 18 and in my first year at university. I share a flat near the campus with two other girls. Simone's a huge black chick who throws the discus for the British junior team. She's quiet but very clever, as well as being incredibly fit and unbelievably strong. Amy couldn't be more different. She's a Californian babe, really smart too, with a peachy complexion, long flowing blonde hair and a fabulous bod. Probably most of the men on campus fancy her, including the faculty staff: which is a shame for them, because Amy's openly, in fact proudly, gay. Within a few weeks of us all moving in together Simone, who was previously entirely straight, had dumped her boyfriend and started sharing Amy's bed. I made it clear from the start that I wasn't interested, and Amy never tried anything with me.
One day we were sitting around talking about our families, and I showed the girls some pictures of my parents. There was a head shot of my mum which extended as far down as her cleavage. She and I look quite a lot alike -- curly red hair, pale complexion and freckles, but Mum's boobs are rather bigger than mine. Amy stared at the photo and purred, "Wow, your mom's a real doll. I could imagine having a wild scene with her." I burst out laughing in disbelief, pointing out that Mum must be at least 40, and she'd been very happily married for 20 years. Amy just shrugged. "I like older women. She reminds me of my first lover. And let's face it, when I make a play for another woman I'm irresistible, right Simone?" Our friend smiled in an embarrassed sort of way and cast her eyes downwards.
I still couldn't believe what I was hearing, but a wicked plan formed in my mind: one that might give me a bit of a laugh, and take Amy down a peg or two into the bargain. I challenged her, "So you reckon that if you tried it on with my mum you could get her into bed? I'll tell you what -- I'll invite her up here for the weekend, and I'll bet you twenty quid nothing happens."
I sat back smugly waiting for Amy to start making excuses. Instead, she grinned like a Cheshire cat and said, "Okay, that's a bet." I stared at her askance, then turned to Simone, Amy's current lover, and asked what she thought about it. Amy interrupted. "In fact, I'll bet I can get your mom into a threesome with me and Simone. You up for that Sim?" Simone gave a sort of half-smile and shrugged her acquiescence.
Of course, I wasn't in the least bit worried. The idea of Mum having an affair, let alone with another woman, especially one the same age as me, seemed beyond ridiculous. If Amy wanted to throw her money away, though, I was happy to take it. Anyway, I hadn't seen Mum since I started at uni, and it would be a nice break for her. She lives in a small isolated village and doesn't get to visit a really big city very often. Dad's a member of a fishing club and goes away for matches some weekends, so I found out from Mum the next time he'd be away and invited her to visit me then.
Mum duly arrived on the Friday evening and I watched Amy like a hawk when I introduced them. Apart from turning her charm onto maximum warp -- Amy can be incredibly charming -- she didn't make any moves. The next day I took Mum shopping in the city centre. The students' union usually put on a disco on a Saturday night, and that day it was a '70s and '80s night. I told Mum that and tried to get her to buy some trendy clothes. She wasn't keen on even going to the dance at first, but eventually I persuaded her into a nice outfit. In the evening Amy, Simone and I helped with her togs and her make-up, and I was amazed by the result: it hadn't occurred to me that my mother could look glamorous - Amy was positively salivating! What a pity, I thought, that she'd picked such an impossible target.
At the disco we bought a round of fruit margaritas then went onto the dance floor for a bop. Mum insisted she didn't want to dance with us, but her feet were shuffling along where she sat and her hands were moving to the music. After a while Amy did this cute little girl thing she's got and, batting her big blue eyes at Mum, asked her for a dance. I can never understand why people fall for that act of Amy's, but it seems to work every time, and in seconds Mum was up swinging her hips and clinging to Amy's hand as they danced. After that an old rock 'n' roll song came on and they started jiving together, throwing themselves all over the place. I found it slightly embarrassing, they even started to get their own little audience. At the end Amy threw herself into the air, into Mum's arms, and gave her a big lingering kiss on the lips. Rather than being repelled, as I would have expected, Mum seemed to love it and appeared to be groping Amy's bum. They walked back to our table still holding hands, Mum's face flushed and her eyes shining.
I had a quiet word with Amy after that. I told her to call the bet off and I'd pay her anyway. I still didn't believe she could possibly succeed -- Mum was too old and conventional for that -- but it would have been worth twenty quid just to stop Mum embarrassing me in front of everyone I knew. Amy refused, claiming she didn't care about the money, she really did have the hots for Mum now. I was convinced that it as just her ego talking, that she really did believe her rubbish about being this irresistible lesbian sex machine, and that she was enjoying winding me up. She turned away from me, put her arms round Mum's neck from behind, and started kissing her neck -- and Mum just let her, even leaning back to make it easier for Amy!
I was furious with Mum for showing me up like that, and with Amy for insisting on trying to carry out her ridiculous plan. Simone was watching them too, with a smile on her face. I told Mum I thought we should leave, but she virtually told me to piss off. And all the while Amy was draped all over Mum, petting her and leering triumphantly at me over Mum's shoulder. I stormed out of the place and hung around for a minute or so, expecting Mum to come chasing after me. She didn't, and I peeked back in to see her and Amy heading happily back to the dance floor, with not a care in the world about how upset I was. Almost choking with angry tears I ran round to a friend's digs to spill my heart out. He's not my boyfriend, I just wished he was, and I'm afraid I made a complete prat of myself. After a good cry, a couple of beers and my first spliff I pretty much threw myself at him. He tried to let me down gently but I ended up storming out of there too, in floods of tears.
I walked the streets for an hour or so, trying to clear my head, then slunk back to the flat feeling completely miserable. The light was off in the lounge so I stumbled to the sofa, where I was sleeping while Mum was with us, and slumped onto it. I switched on a table lamp and something on the floor caught my eye. It was a little red pair of thong undies that Amy had leant Mum earlier on: and it was soaking wet and, oh shit, it smelt of sex! Looking around wildly I noticed a chink of light under the door of Amy's bedroom. Standing outside the door I heard a slurping sound, then Mum's voice moaning "Oh God Amy, that's incredible!" Then there was a throaty laugh -- Jesus Christ, Simone was in there too! I almost burst into the room, but I felt too humiliated, and too afraid of what I would see. They say it's a complete gross-out to imagine your parents having sex: well, try and imagine your mother having lesbian sex with two of your best friends. I staggered to my room and collapsed on the bed, thinking I might throw up. I was sick at Mum for doing that, sick at Amy and Simone for doing it with her, and felt almost suicidally guilty because I blamed myself for it happening at all.
When I woke up sometime the next morning I felt, and looked, like shit. Things were quite tense between Mum and me until I took her to catch her train. Simone had gone out training and Amy, very sensibly, stayed well out of my way. As Mum and I left the flat, though, she let Amy more or less snog her, right in front of me, and Mum groped Amy's bum. Just before Mum got on the train I kissed her and told her I loved her, but I felt cold and empty inside, as if something had died. Things were pretty dodgy between me and my flatmates for a while after that, and I seriously thought about moving out. But the flat was cheap and convenient, and gradually the three of us got back onto something like an even keel. I wasn't sure I could ever trust Amy or Simone again though. I knew I would never invite Mum again, which meant she'd never see Amy again, and hopefully back in her little rural environment with Dad she'd just go back to normal.